Relationship to Fordham Law School and Other Law Schools

The National Center for Access to Justice (www.ncforaj.org) is the non-partisan law and policy organization that relies on data to achieve justice system reform on behalf of vulnerable people in both the civil and criminal justice systems. NCAJ is a free-standing 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, with funding from individuals, charitable organizations, and corporations.

NCAJ enjoys a special relationship with Fordham Law School in New York City where NCAJ is based and where NCAJ’s executive director, David Udell, co-chairs the school’s national Access to Justice Initiative with Dean Matthew Diller and NYS former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman. NCAJ works closely with professors and students, and with staff of the School’s centers and institutes. NCAJ’s affiliation with the School includes advancing reform initiatives, partnering on courses and projects, consulting with law students on note topics, supervising student papers, supporting pro bono projects, hosting conferences and gatherings, and teaching.

NCAJ also works in many of these ways with other law schools in New York City and across the country.

Staff of NCAJ are available to speak with audiences in law schools and in other settings about the access to justice reform movement.

NCAJ welcomes inquiries from law students and recent law graduates about opportunities to work (and/or volunteer) with Center staff, including in post-graduate fellowships. Inquiries should be submitted by email to info@ncforaj.org.

At the Franklin Williams Commission’s, Mass Incarceration: Mercy Matters, an all-day event oversubscribed at 250 people with attendance by NY judges at Fordham Law School this week, David Udell, NCAJ’s executive director & a co-director of the Fordham Law School… Read more

Please click here for a blog post on the panel discussion, on the Access to Justice Initiative page of the web site of Fordham Law School. Please click here to obtain NCAJ’s Concept Memo accompanied by links to key readings from the… Read more

On January 26, David Udell, executive director of the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School, delivered the keynote address at the annual Justice for All Luncheon of the New York State Bar Association. In the address,… Read more

This post jointly authored by: Risa Kaufman, Columbia Human Rights Institute, and David Udell, National Center for Access to Justice On September 15, 2016, access to justice experts from the academic and nonprofit communities gathered for a Consultation with U.S. government… Read more

On October 19, 2016, Fordham Law School marked the arrival of the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ) and the launch of the school’s new Access to Justice Initiative, with a pathbreaking public event, Where the Civil and Criminal Justice Systems Meet:… Read more